I did take everyones changes to heart. I am stubborn, up to a point, but I do know I am not the most knowing. But at a certain point, the area is no longer mine. This isn't the issue, though, as I would have infinite patience had it just been an area to deal with.

Secondly, in terms of true grammar issues, I did change them. All of them. If a sentence was worded awkardly, that was different, but in terms of the english language I tried my very best not to butcher it. I know my grammar isn't immaculate, but I am sure its passable.

Everyone's area project undergoes substantial revision. As a heroimm, I was a first-time area writer. I sought out and got input from Leika, Arvam, Mayesha, Stellyx, Savraeth, Bria, Uller, and probably several other people (this was 5+ years ago, apologies to anyone omitted) before I wanted my area sent up to Pico for the final checklist. I got feedback about the custom code required from Nepenthe and Sebeok. I scrapped many NPCs, descriptions, and objects and replaced them entirely as a part of incorporating this feedback. The process is much more than fixing grammar issues, which are generally an afterthought in the broader review process.

Most of the feedback given to me wasn't in terms of spelling/grammar-- I had spellchecked the draft, and I have a technical writing background which tends to keep my sentences coherent. It concerned style, perspective, and game mechanics. This is the most important past of the review process, yet you bristled the most at changes suggested along these lines.

None of that feedback made the area less "mine". In contrast, I was more proud of the Lab's first public draft then I was of the first private draft, because the advice I got from more experienced writers with differing specialties made the area better.

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